The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30
VINE COUNTRY OF FRANCE,
WHERE DRUNKENNEss Is NOT
KNOWN.
Som ethinR OF It's History From the
Times OF the Roman Occupa-
tiOn 60 the Present.

To tho Editors Of the Appeal:
MEMPHIS, January 29.-ln your
Issue OF Thursday yea refer to the
habit OF dri6king among the German
and French ma'rone. II h rsra 10 see
drunken man on the streets of Psris,
and should you encounter one II is
more than PROBABLE that he is for
eigner. This sobrieiy is rightly at
tr.buted, we think, to the use Of light
wines by that most civil Z3d OF all ma
tons. They, the French, drink wine
both at breakfast and dinner. The
laborer or student on rising takes a
cup of coffee and bread. This cup ia
called Vne tdsse de cafe du lat. and
holds about a q1a't. There are
other cups In use with them holding
less quantity, dlwn to what is known
az q cup OF pouTe cafe, taken aItsr din
ner. They, the laOorer or student,
then go to work or study until shout
10 or IL o'clock, when they breakfast,
which consists OF wine, meat or eggs,
or both, vegetables, bread and buttsr.
The wine usually used IL the red wine
the white wine they drink with oys-
ters and soup. Wine is always placed
upon the dinner table as a part OF the
meal. 1t Is what is known as vin Ordi
ndire. II you wish a better quality
you must order and pay for it. Ths
Auberge answers to our saloons, where
you eau get the best wines and other
beverages. The cafe is where you
treakfss', aud only breakfast
dishes are to be had-with
chocolate, coffee and boiled milk
always on band. The restaurant
10 where you dine, and dinner to Rult
the pocket of all corners can be pro-
cured. The French are not cd for their
economy, and out OF the gils, combs
and other parts Of the fowl which he
dscards, they make a delicious pate,
called by them, Pate vol auvent a la
Financlere. The vine has been cult
waited in France since the time Of the
Romans, especially in Burgundy.
| C"Gibbons's Decline and Fall OF the
Roman Empire") The principal
wines are those Of the Gironde and
Burgundy, and both black and white.
Bordeaux is large commercial city
and seaport Of France. 1t is the cap
ital Of the Department Of the Gironde.
Several centuries before Christ IL was
a commercial emporium. Hadrian,
In the second century, made 1t the me.
tropo Is OF Aquitauls. Many monu-
ments were erected by the Romans, a
temple to Diana, etc. On the fall of
the Roman Empire II was held for less
than century by the Virigoths, who
were driven from it by Cloris in 500.
For few years during the eighth
century 1t was possessed by the sara.
cens, but after the battle OF Portiers,
when the French King was taken
prisoner aud canied 10 England by
the Black Prince, they were expelled.
On the final dissolution OF the
Oatlovingisn Empire, Bordeaux be.
came the capital Of Aqu itaine, but was
for q time united to France by the
marriage Of L eAnor OF Aqultaine to
Louis VII; this princess, being d.
vorced, brought all her rich inherit
ance to Henry Plantaganet, afterwards
King OF England. From that time till
the middle OF the fifteenth century Ii
remained in the possession Of the Ed
ish. In the fourteenth century the
| DieNo AAabNO maui OOIu6huA buo boht
oil his court. The Black Prince, Mon.
taigne, Richard ii, MonteGquleu and
Charles Nernet were born in 1t or its
vicinity. The chief exports consist OF
the red wines produced ia the vicin-
ity, OF which $4,000 to go 1000 tuns are
shipped to England, Russia and the
United States yearly. Ia some Of the
cellars in the Qlartier Chartrous 1000
tuns can be la d up at once. Braudies,
which are mostly from the region
north OF the city. Tnere are SIX
classes OF Bordeaux wines -Medoc,
Gravee, PAlus, Coast, Terres Fortes
and Entre-deux- Meres. Medoc is red
and comes from the district OF the
same name; Graves ia white and is
produced south Of Bordeaux; PAlus lie
red and white and comes from Ga.
rome and Dardonne, the Montierrat
being the best. The coast wines are